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1. Cotton MS Claudius C IX, f 1

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Cotton MS Claudius C IX, f 1
Title:
Notarial copy of letters patent of Queen Elizabeth I of England (r. 1558–1603), issued at Hereford Cathedral
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: Notarial copy of letters patent of Elizabeth I, queen of England (r. 1558-1603), issued at Hereford Cathedral (undated), naming among others John Maye the Elder, Leonard Bowlinge, John Cragge & John Joscelyn (d. 1603) (inverted, outer margin cropped) f. 1v: cropped notes i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Claudius C IX

2. Cotton MS Claudius C IX, f 203

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Cotton MS Claudius C IX, f 203
Title:
Charters of Kings Edward I (r. 1272–1307) and Henry III (r. 1216–72) of England for the Abingdon Abbey
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 203r: Charter of Edward I, king of England (r. 1272-1307), for the abbot and community of Abingdon, York, 4 October 1301. f. 203r: Charter of Henry III, king of England (r. 1216-72), for Abbot William (r. 1256-60) and the community of Abingdon, entitled ‘De warennis in comitatibu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Claudius C IX

3. Cotton MS Claudius C IX, ff 18–103

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Cotton MS Claudius C IX, ff 18–103
Title:
William of Malmesbury, Gesta regum Anglorum; Award of Norham, addressed to the abbot and convent of Battle
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 18r-102v: William of Malmesbury, Gesta Regum Anglorum. The manuscript contains a later addition: ff. 102v-103r: Award of Norham, 5-6 June 1291 (attested by William March, Treasurer, 9 July 1291), addressed to the abbot and community of Battle, rubricated ‘Compositio inter domi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 13th century-c 1291
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Claudius C IX

4. Cotton MS Claudius C IX, ff 105–202

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Cotton MS Claudius C IX, ff 105–202
Title:
Liber Terrarum of Abingdon Abbey and other memoranda, including Old English boundary–clauses
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 105r-177r: Liber Terrarum of Abingdon Abbey ('Historia ecclesie Abbendonensis'). ff. 177v-178r: Confirmation-charter of Richard I, king of England (r. 1189-99), for Abbot Hugh (r. 1189/90-1221), his successors and the monks of Abingdon, Gisors, 29 March 1190 (late 12th century) ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century-4th quarter of the 13th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Claudius C IX

5. Cotton MS Claudius C VI, ff 5–169

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Cotton MS Claudius C VI, ff 5–169
Title:
Polemius Silvius, Nomina Provinciarum Omnium; Notitia Provinciarum et Civitatum Galliae; letters of Popes Leo I and Zosimus; a tree of consanguinity; Burchard of Worms, Decretum; a bull of Pope Leo IX
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 5r: Polemius Silvius, Nomina Provinciarum Omnium, an excerpt from the so-called Laterculus [see Chronica Minora, ed. by Mommsen (1892), pp. 535-42]. ff. 5r-6r: Notitia Provinciarum et Civitatum Galliae [see Chronica Minora, ed. by Mommsen (1892), pp. 584-612]. ff. 6r-7v: Letters ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 11th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Claudius C VI

6. Cotton MS Claudius D IX, ff 1-5

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Cotton MS Claudius D IX, ff 1-5
Title:
Decretales (imperfect)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-5v: Decretals with marginal glosses (imperfect). Decoration: Several small initials in red and blue with some pen-flourishing. Rubrics in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 14th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

7. Cotton MS Claudius D IX, ff 7-239

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Cotton MS Claudius D IX, ff 7-239
Title:
Collectio Lanfranci
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 7v-239v: Collectio Lanfranci (Lanfranc's Collection), beginning: ‘Clemens urbis romae episcopus Iacobo hyerosolimorum episcopo’ preceded by two rubrics ‘incipiunt excerpta ex decretis Romanorum pontificum’ and ‘Epistola Clementis Papae ad Iacobum Ierosolimorum episcopum’. Decorat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

8. Cotton MS Claudius E V

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Claudius E V
Title:
Notitia Provinciarum; Pseudo-Isidore, Decretales; excerpts from Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum; Pseudo-Gregory the Great, Decreta; Cartulary of Christ Church, Canterbury; Ralph d'Escures, Letter
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v-2v: Notitia Regionum et Provinciarum (Names of Regions and Provinces), beginning: 'Incipiunt Nomina .XI. regionum continentium infra se provincias CXIII'. ff. 2v-231v: Pseudo-Isidore (Isidore Mercator), Decretales (Decretals), preceded by a preface (ff. 2v-4r), beginning: 'In ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:

A parchment codex

9. Cotton MS Cleopatra A VII, ff 70–106

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Cotton MS Cleopatra A VII, ff 70–106
Title:
Cartulary of Tewkesbury Abbey
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 70r-106v: Abstract of charters from Tewkesbury Abbey. Decoration: Small initials in red. Rubrics in red. Small (one-line) initials in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 13th century-1st half of the 14th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Cleopatra A VII

10. Cotton MS Cleopatra C VIII, ff 38–171

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Cotton MS Cleopatra C VIII, ff 38–171
Title:
Collection of canon law texts, including the Collectio Dacheriana; canons of the council of Trosly, 909; Isidore Mercator (Pseudo-Isidore of Seville), Epistula ad Leudefredum Episcopum; Isidore Mercator, Collectio Canonum; Quadripartitus; St Gregory the Great, Libellus Responsionum and Registrum (excerpts); St Augustine of Hippo, De Coniugiis Adulterinis, book ii; and Fulbert of Chartres, Epistolae
Scope & Content:
These folios contain a collection of canon law, possibly copied in the region that is now France in the 2nd half of the 12th century. Contents: ff. 38r-39v: Modus Tenendi Synodos in Anglia Primaevis Temporibus, including prayers for a synod beginning 'Adsumus sancte spiritus adsumus peccati q...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:

Part of Cotton MS Cleopatra C VIII

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